Effect of a three-dimensional nanotube array substrate on photocatalytic conversion performance of CO gas to methanol by amine-loaded CuO/ZnO catalysts.

The photocatalytic conversion of CO gas into energy-dense hydrocarbons holds the potential to address both environmental and energy problems. Catalysts consisting of CuO clusters/nanoparticles and ZnO nanorods on a metallic nanotube array (MeNTA) silicon substrate were utilized for CO reduction. The surface of the catalysts was modified with 3-amino-propyltriethoxysilane (APTES), the amine terminal of which can selectively bind CO gas.

Cobalt Incorporated Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Bifunctional Catalyst for Electrochemical Water-Splitting Reactions in Acidic Media.

Non-noble metal-based bifunctional electrocatalysts may be a promising new resource for electrocatalytic water-splitting devices. In this work, transition metal (cobalt)-incorporated graphitic carbon nitride was synthesized and fabricated in electrodes for use as bifunctional catalysts. The optimum catalytic activity of this bifunctional material for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which benefitted at a cobalt content of 10.

Selective colorimetric and electrochemical detections of Cr(III) pollutant in water on 3-mercaptopropionic acid-functionalized gold plasmon nanoparticles.

Gold plasmon nanoparticle (AuNP) was applied to the detection and the quantification of pollutant Cr(III) in water. It was synthesized by the chemical reduction of tetrachloroauric(III) acid with sodium citrate as a reducing and capping agent and was modified with 3-mercaptopropanoic acid (3-mpa) to improve the sensing recognition for the metal ion in the colorimetric detection. The 3-mpa-deposited AuNP selectively bound Cr(III) among the other 14 metal cations, resulting in the redshift of the gold plasmon band from 521 nm to 670 nm.